ALLEN – The Farm, a 135-acre mixed-use development, has broken ground on its first office building. A total of 1.6 million sf of office space is planned. Opening next summer, the three-story, 102,000-sf FarmWorks One office will have outdoor ground-level workspace and balconies on every floor. It is at the Sam Rayburn Tollway and Alma Dr. The building, […]
Archives: August 2023
Construction resumes on new Falls County solar farm
TEMPLE – Renewable energy company Avangrid has announced the continued construction of True North solar farm in Falls County that will help power the $800 million Meta data center in Temple. Construction was halted in December of 2022, but Mayor Tim Davis says it will resume soon. Avangrid said in a press release that True North is expected […]
Vista at Silver Oaks slated to open its doors summer 2024
SAN ANTONIO – OCI Development, Atlantic Pacific Cos., and Opportunity Home San Antonio have teamed up to build Vista at Silver Oaks, a 76-unit affordable housing project that will be on the city’s north-central side. Units will come in two- and three- bedroom layouts and will be entirely reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the […]
21,000-sf Midland industrial complex sold
MIDLAND – A two-building, 21,000-sf industrial complex has been sold. Built on ten acres in 2011, the property was fully occupied at the time of sale by Arkos Field Services, which provides compression equipment for the natural gas industry. Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor. read more…
Sky Park industrial to take off on El Paso airport property
EL PASO – Green Point Property Co. is planning a four-phase industrial park on just over 200 acres of airport land in what an airport development plan dubs the 601 Corridor Business District. Plans for Sky Park El Paso call for at least six buildings with more than two million square feet of industrial space by at least 2029, […]
Lights! Camera! Action! Hill Country Studios gets greenlight
SAN MARCOS – Hill Country Group LLC has received city council approval to annex and zone what’s to be the $267 million Hill Country Studios. The project is at 6202 W. Centerpoint Rd. in the La Cima master-planned community. Plans call for the studio to occupy 75 acres of a 209-acre property in three phases. Phase 1A would include seven production […]
About 11,000 Houses Will Sell Today
Some homeowners have been waiting for months to put their house on the market because they don’t think people are buying homes right now. If that’s you, know that even though the housing market has slowed compared to the frenzy of a couple of years ago, it isn’t at a standstill. Contrary to what you […]
360-unit attainable-living community opens in southeast Houston
HOUSTON – Beckett Cottingham, a 360-unit apartment complex at 13958 Cottingham, has opened. It’s aimed at providing attainable living, meaning it will be affordable to people earning around the area’s median income. Spread across 11 three-story buildings, the garden-style community has one- and two-bedroom floor plans with an average size of 1,026 sf. The community’s amenities […]
295-unit Freeport self-storage property sold
FREEPORT – Blue Water Self Storage, a 295-unit facility at 1932 FM 523, has been sold. The seven-building property was built on 8.2 acres in 1999 and spans 56,600 net rentable sf. Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction. read more…
Big Sun Solar’s largest project yet comes to fruition in Seguin
SEGUIN – Big Sun Solar has partnered with Vitesco Technologies and Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) on Big Sun’s largest solar project in company history. The company will build, own, and operate a 4,800-panel, 2.6-megawatt, DC-rated solar project adjacent to Vitesco’s manufacturing facility in Seguin. The panels will generate roughly 4,800 megawatt hours per year, […]